March 25, 2013

Energy partners bounce back to Hogan Lovells from DLA Piper

Four energy partners have returned to Hogan Lovells after
defecting to DLA Piper last year.

Kevin Lipson, Stefan Krantz, John Lilyestrom, and Christopher Schindler have
rejoined Hogan Lovells’ Washington office. The quartet, along with Lee
Alexander, left
Hogan Lovells in January 2012. Alexander, a partner who focuses on
federal regulatory and transactional energy issues, will remain at DLA Piper.

Lipson, co-chair of Hogan’s energy industry group at that time, focuses his practice on
energy-related enforcement and compliance issues that arise before FERC and the
CFTC.

“I have spent 18 years at Hogan prior to departing and I missed the platform,
the lawyers and the quality of lawyers,” Lipson said in a phone interview. “DLA
piper is an excellent firm and we helped them establish a niche in the energy
space that they did not have prior to our arrival, and their clients benefit from it.”

Lipson added that there was no economic or business reason for their return and
that it was a personal decision to return practice with the people they
practiced with for a longtime.

DLA Piper issued a statement through a
spokesman.

“We wish them well,” said Josh Epstein, spokesman for the firm. Alexander was
not available for comment.

Krantz works on
complex regulatory litigation. Lilyestrom is an expert in power
generation, transmission, regional transmission organizations and reliability.
Schindler focuses on mid-stream
activities and energy trading and has handled
natural gas storage projects. None of them was immediately available for comment.

“These energy lawyers are among the best in the country and we are
delighted to welcome them back to Hogan Lovells,” Warren Gorrell, co-CEO of
Hogan, said ina press release.